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SYLLABUS FOR EXAMINATION FOR MINE FOREMAN CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY (RESTRICTED)
(Under Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961)

(a) General Safety and Legislation

1. Duties and Responsibilities

   • Workmen, competent persons, and officials (excluding managers, assistant managers)
   • Discipline among workers and control of staff

2. Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1961

   • Provisions relating to opencast metal mine workings
   • Explosives and blasting regulations
   • Loading, transportation, and dumping procedures
   • Precautions against fire, dust, gas, and water
   • Enforcement and compliance of regulations under the foreman's responsibilities

3. Reports and Compliance

   • Writing reports required by the Foreman under the regulations

4. Safety Management and Emergency Preparedness

   • Hazard identification, risk assessment, and risk management
   • Safety management plan
   • Managing dangerous occurrences, accidents, causes, and prevention
   • First aid
   • Sanitation, miner's diseases, symptoms, and prevention
   • Emergency preparedness and response
   • Accident investigation: objectives and methods

(b) Methods of Working

1. Geological Conditions

   • Nature of ore deposits and geological disturbances
   • Effects on working conditions
   • Dangers and precautionary measures near geological disturbances
   • Purpose and utility of boreholes in mines

2. Opencast Mining Methods

   • Mechanized and manual methods
   • Deep hole drilling and blasting
   • Use of shovels and dumpers, surface miner, and benching
   • Maintenance of haul roads
   • Methods of reclamation
   • Dump stability, construction, and management

3. Explosives Handling and Blasting Safety

   • Safe handling and use of explosives
   • Simultaneous short firing
   • Safety precautions in blasting operations

4. Workplace and Road Inspection

   • Inspection of workplaces, transport, and haul roads
   • Maintenance of transport routes and haul roads

5. Dust Suppression and Water Hazards

   • Mine dust suppression and treatment
   • Sources of danger from surface water
   • Precautions to prevent inundation and irruption of water
   • Use of water dams and water danger plans

6. Gates, Fencing, and Opencast Workings

   • Gates and various types of fencing
   • Inspection of opencast workings
   • Reading of statutory plans

(c) Elements of Mining Machinery

1. Machinery Safety

   • Safety aspects and safe use of various machinery in opencast mines
   • Types of machinery: blast hole drills, rippers, scrapers, shovels, dumpers, road graders, dozers, wheel loaders, spreaders, continuous surface miners
   • Safety devices, brakes (service and parking brakes), and codes of practice
   • Traffic rules and prevention of unsafe practices
   • Crushers and related equipment

2. Electrical Safety

   • Application of electricity in mines
   • Electrical safety precautions

3. Pumps and Drainage

   • Types of pumps and their safety aspects
   • Principles and use of siphons
   • Drainage systems and dealing with water lodgments

4. Code of Practice for Machinery Handling

   • Transport, erection, and shifting of opencast machinery
   • Belt conveyors and safety appliances